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Game No.16280
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White: H.Niimeiier
Black: A.Muir
I P-K4, P-QB
;
2 N-Q83, P-QR3; 3 N-83,
P-K3; 4 P-Q4, PxP; 5 NxP,
Q-B2;6
P-KN3'
P-QN4; 7 B-N2, B-N2; E O-O, N-QB3; 9
B-K3, N-B3; 10 P-QR3, R-81; 1l R-Kl,
N-K4; 12 B-B4, B-84; 13 N-Q5, PxN; 14
BxN,
QxB;
15 PxP,
QxR*;
16
QxQ*,
K-Bl; 17 R-Ql, BxN; 18 RxB, RxP; 19
P.Q6, Reetgns.
It i s becomi ng i ncreasi ngl y expensi ve to
stage chess tournaments, even school boys
events, but i t i s hoped the Gl orney Cup i s
fi rml y establ i shed on a si x-country basi s and
i t must now be the premi er school boy team
event i n Western Europe. Perhaps i n ti me,
and i ffunds permi t, the event can be further
enl arged. Those who wi sh to contri bute to
the Gl orney-Bl oodworth Trust Fund shoul d
communi cate wi th Mr. Ken Bl oodworth, 550
Budshead Road, Whi tl ei gh, Pl ymouth
PLs 4DG, the Secretary of the Gl orney Cup
International Committee.
si x rounds, gave up the exchange for two
pawns agai nst Gri ffi ths and most onl ookers
deci ded that the Mi dl ander coul d not
possi bl y wi n and that the booki es mi ght sti l l
take a hi di ng si nce Stean had gai ned an
advantage and even hi s opponent expected
hi m to wi n. As pl ay conti nued, Gri ffi ths
succeeded, by some ni ce f,tnessi ng i n the
endi ng, i n extracti ng the maxi mum from hi s
posi ti on and by the ti me Smi th resi gned
Stean' s chances had l argel y evaporated.
Neverthel ess, the pri ze-gi vi ng was over and
Gri ffi ths was on the trai n for Bi rmi ngham
beforethe draw was at l ast agreed.
The Chal l engers' Tournament was di vi -
ded i nto two secti ons, each of36 pl ayers, and
thi s gave the Swi ss System a much better
chance to work properl y than l ast year' s
entry ofover 70 di d. The
' A'
Secti on was won
outri ght by L.P.Col l ard who came from
behi nd i n the l ast round by beati ng the
l eader, Geral d Homer; but the
' B'
Secti on
was a ti e between M.A.Stevenson and
D.C.Tayl or.
Summary of Results
Premier Tournament
- P.C.Grifffths 6;
M.Stean 5%; RJ.Gamble, G.HJames, J.K.
Robinson 5; B.Cafferty, H.Lamb, M.Mac
donal d- Ross, P. D. Ral ph, R. L. Smi t h, J. W.
Atki nson, J.Century, A.C.Dempsey, P.D.
Hare, P.R.Kemp, A.P.Lefevre, M.J.Lester,
D.H.Powel l , G.N.Stokes 4; J.Doyl e, P.W.
Hempson, A.L.Hoski ng, P.F.Ti mson, G.W.
Thomas, K.Wi cker 3%; P.B.Cook, P.S.N.
Kendal l , A.J.Stebbi ngs, Mi ss A.Sunnucks 3;
A.C.Barton, R.A.Bowel l , J.C.Cock, G.Daw,
P.Dean, J.B.Goodman, J.E.Pattl e, E.C.
Sowden, G.W.Wheel er 2%; R.M.Bruce, S.M
Wi l l ey 2; J.V.A.Franks 1%; R.A.I*e (wi th-
drew after 3 rounds) 1.
Challengers
'A' - L.P.Collarcl 5%; G.
Horner, J.Horrocks 5; W.E.Bruges' I.D.
Hunnable, R.EJames, VJ,Russ, J.M.Soesan
B.H.Turner, R.A.Wagstaff 4%; Mrs R.M.
Bruce, E.S.Col l ey, C.A.S.Damant, D.M.Hi l l
R.G.Rusha 4; S.R.Capsey, R.J.Hi rons, G.I.
Ladds, K.F.Sucksmi th, P.R.Vi vi an, Mrs D.
r{ri ght
3Yzi J.Bruce, G.H.Green, W.G.
Irvine-Fortescue, S.D.l,efevre, J.Meadows,
J.Parker, J.Ri chards, R.Summersel l 3; J.M.
Gorton, Mi ss G.A.Moore, D.J.Towers 2%;
R.Newman, A.Pi mbl ett 2; W.A.Frost 3; J.S.
Mi dgl ey 1.
Challengers
'B'
- M.A.Stevenson, D.C.
Taylor 5%; G.Hutchinson 5; D.K.Butlert
J.A.Flood, R.Franklin, A.D.Gravettr MJ.
Reddie, K.M.Southern 4%; C.B.Hatch,
R.J.Pearce, D.C.Randal l , E.Sandercock, R.
Wi l l ey, P.C.Wood 4; A.J.Cooper, D.M.
Humphri es, R.Li ggi tt, J.Wal ker, P.Whi te-
head, M.W.Wood 3%; W.Evans, E.H.Jones
M. E. Mi t ey, G. L. Pr i t char d, P. R.
Rawcl i ffe, R.Whatel ey 3; R.P.Fty, F.
Grumbl ey, F.Jaeck, P.E.Monkhouse 2%;
J.R.Cotterel l , D.Gl eave (wi thdrew after 6
rounds), Dr. E.B.Kraus (wi thdrew after 4
rounds), M.Nevi n 2; M.Sommer 1.
Premier Reserves: Section A - K.Morrison
(1), J.Rowley (2), C.Richards, RJ.Thompson
4; R.Hepenstal , R.A.Macbrayne, A.Pi cker-
i ng 3t/zi T.Whi te 0.
Section B
- H.G.Crews 5; P.Walden 4%;
R.G.Dani el s 4; R.Di cki nson, D.E.Hard-
castl e 372; G.Beatti e, P.L.Cook, J.J.Lauder
2t/2.
Section C - Mrs O.Chataway, L.Guard 5%;
A.Schoffel d 4%; J.W.Thornl ey 4; L.Hol l o-
way 3/z; R.W.Morri s 3; M.Lewi s, W.
Pethybri dge 1.
Section D - CJ.V.Bellers 5; PJ.Martin 4%;
M.Horne, J.C.Loose, G.C.Walker 4; D.T.
Fai rbank, J.Macgregor 3; D.J.Meadows %.
Major: Section A - S.L.RusselI 5
(out of 6);
N.Brat, C.M.Oliver, Rev. K.S.Procter 372;
W.W.Tatum 3; R.M.Cherry 2Vz; W.Latey 0.
Section B
- E.Chamberc 5%; AJ.L.Wade,
F.V.Wal l ace 4%; W.G.Ol i ver 3%; S.Gl ad-
stone, E.G.Potter 3; K.W.Thorp 2/z; W.E.I.
Shar p 1%.
Section C - S.Hemblln' J.Hutchings 5;
L.H.Plunkett 4; F.Robinson 3/z; I.C.Hamer
l Vz; A.E.Baker, A.J.Story 1.
Special Swiss
- R.E.Ilopklns 6; RJ.
Johnson, T.Parker 5%; G.Westnacott 5; A.
Conroy, D.Evans, G.Sl i nger 4%; A.Doust,
P.G.Partri dge, P.Rooke 4; J.Bartl ett, J.W.
Bryan, M.P.Foss, Mrs P.Jackson, N.A.
Johnson, S.Pi tney, A.Tl trel l 3%; Mi ss A.
Li vesey, J.T.Hopki ns, N.W.Roberts, R.J.
Smi th, J.H.Vasey 3; Mi ss A.Bendy, Mrs
E.Crowe, Lady G.Herbert 2Vz; M.Latey 2;
Mrs R.Lrwi s 1; Mrs D.J.Gorton
(wi thdrew
through illness after 2 rounds) 0.
Speclal grading prizes were awarded in
PAIGNTON T973
bv \Y.Ritson Morrv
Such i s the pl ace that Pai gnton hol ds i n
the hearts of its devotees that even fierce
competition from the Atkins Memorial
Congress in Leicester and the new Enfield
Congress di d not prevent the establ i shment
of a new record entry when 196 competitors
assembl ed for the openi ng on Sunday,
September 2nd. That Paignton is geared for
possible expansion was left in little doubt,
for the Maycir of Torbay, who was present at
both the openi ng and cl osi ng ceremoni es,
made it clear that if more accommodation
should be needed to cope with increasing
numbers steps woul d be taken to fi nd i t.
Thi s year the weather was, i f anythi ng,
even better than l ast year' s, and the
beautiful ballroom looking out over the bay
is the ideal setting for those who play chess
for pleasure as well as the acme of comfort
for those who play it for blood.
The Premier Tournament with its f,200
prize list, attracted an entry of 42, and,
although one might have wished to see more
of our leading national players participating,
some very bright chess was seen and enjoyed
by the spectators.
Naturally, the favourite for top honours
was Mi chael Stean, and, had the book-
makers been laying the odds on the terrace,
they woul d doubtl ess have opened hi m at 2-1
and closed at 5-4 or even money by the
'offl.
Nevertheless, P.Dean of Sutton put up a
stout resi stance i n the fi rst round and.
despi te l oss of a pawn, was abl e to hol d the
posi ti on unti l the adj ournment when a draw
was agreed. Meanwhi l e Peter Gri ffrths, the
former Mi dl and Open Champi on, was
repeating his perlbrmance of last year, and
at the end of round three he was shari ng the
l ead wi th R.J.Gambl e whom he beat i n
round four. Stean was, by thi s ti me, i n
second place with 3t/2, having beaten
M.J.hster, A.J.Stebbi ngs and Bernard
Cafferty.
In round five Griffiths started well in the
al l i mportant game wi th Stean and i t l ooked
as though he mi ght vi rtual l y settl e the
questi on of fi rst pri ze by wi nni ng, but Stean
managed to hol d on gri ml y and escape wi th
a val uabl e hal f-poi nt, al though thi s enabl ed
Gambl e and G.H.James to dtaw l evel wi th
Stean.
The si xth round brought a set-back for
Griffiths. He established a clear advantage
over J.K.Robi nson but j ust as everybody had
written the game off as a foregone
concl usi on he made a seri ous error and had
to be thankful for a draw. Stean, who deal t
severel y wi th Gambl e, was now shari ng the
l ead wi th Gri ffi ths, as James had been hel d
to a draw by J.Century.
Round seven began on Saturday morni ng
with Stean playing James and Griffiths
opposed by Richard Smith, a former Welsh
boy champi on. No adj ournment was permi t-
ted and the spectators assembled with the
scent of an' eyci ti ng battl e i n thei r nostri l s.
They were not disappointed for once.
Smith, who had not lost a game in the first
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col . I 33
66 di agram
70 note (k) l i ne 3
72 col .16
94 line 6 from bottom
96 col .S
168 note (f) l i nes 5 and 6
172 heading
185 note (a) l i ne 6
l 9l note (f) change to
note (m)
195 di agr am
196 l i ne 1
l i ne 3
197 ( a) ( B) ( 1)
(b) (A)
(b) (B) (2)
198 col . 9
( h)
(i ) l i ne 5
l i ne 7
l i ne 9
l i ne 10
l i ne 11
lee
Q)
195 diagram
200
(a)
(b) (c)
(c)
2Ol col.21
col.22
203 heading
203
(c)
204 col .l
col . 2
col s. 2- 5
notes (a) to (l )
and eliminate dots at 8th move between cols. 131 and 132
1 1
-
B-N2
Insert white pawn on Q2
R. K1
1 0 -
Q- Rs [ ( c)
Change note p to note k
t 0 B-K2
Q_Q2
(k)
11 0- O 0)
B-K2
12 Q-Qz
o-o-o
13 QR-Ql
BxN
14 RxB
P-B3
15 R-N3
P-N3
16 Q-B2
+
21 PxBP
QR- B1
22 KR- Q1, B- Q6! !
possible in note (g)
Johner-Schmi d, Moscow Ol ympi cs 1956
5 P- QB3
9 BxKBP ch
4 P- QB4 see col s. l - 14
s . . . , P- QB3?!
7 PxP e. p.
9 . . . , PxBP
BxB
l l
-
PxN
l 2 QxN. Q- R4 ch.
Lazne
Del ete (A)
( 3) 18 B- Nsl or ( 4) 18 Q- Rs?l ' B- K3; 19 RxPl ! ' . . . . . .
5 N. QB3
6 P- B3, P- KN3 =
; or ( 3) 4 . . . , P- Q4; 5 QN- Q2 . . . . . . . .
(fl
No safe al ternati ve i s 4 ..., P-KN3; 5 N-QB3' B-N2; 6 P-Q4'
P-B3: 7 KN-K2 and Bl ack i s cramPed'
Add cl osi ng parenthesi s aftet' Bondarevski '
Bl ack' s Ki ng' s Kni ght' s pawn shoul d be on KN3
more forceful
6- 9 and 5 . . . , O- O
( col s. 10- 16)
6 B- K2
6 . . . . N- K1;
6 . . . , QxQ ch; and 8 . . . , BxP;
6 . . . , PxKP
9 . . . , N- Q4;
19 B-Q3, QxR ch; 20 QxQ, PxR (Q);
14 Q- Rs ch, K- N1;
14 K- Bl , P- Q4!
T
( C)
11 P- K6! ?
( 1) 11 . . . , PxP;
12 PxN
Omi t symbol
( A) and omi t whol e l i ne
( B)
move bl ack pawn ftom KN2 to KN3
thi s note shoul d be part of 199 (h)
9 . . . , P- QN4; and 13 . . . , N' KR3;
6 N-B3 transposes i nto col . 22
9 BxB ch
12 . . . , N- N3
( b)
12 P-QR4
Robatsch
1879
Eliminate note
(a) to move 5 and change note (b) to (a)
Eliminate note (c) and add
(d) to 7 P-B3. Add leaders between 6
KN-K2, co1.2 and 6 P-Q5, col .3
Change
(d) to
(b), (e) to
(c), (fl to (e), etc., down to (n) to
(l)
Change as fol l ows:
(a) 10 B-R6 ......' ...very uncl ear
( b) I f 6 PxP . . . . . . . . . . , NxQl
( c) Ri sky i s 6 . . ' , N- R3 . ' . . . . . . . . Ar chi ves.
(d)
Or 7 PxBP, NPxP!
d
( e) ( A) f 0 0- O- O, . . . . . . . . . . game.
( 0
9 PxP, . . . . . . . . . . Bar den
( g) 10 Q- Q2 . . . . . . . . ' . Kmoch'
( h)
5 P5P^. . . . . . . . . . Kmoch'
( i ) s . . . , P- Q3? . . . . . . . . . . 1%8.
t )
l 0 P- KN3. . . . . . . . . . . Mar i c'
(i () (A) 4 ..., N-Q2?; 5 P-B4!, P-K4; 6 PxP!' PxP; 7 P-Qs +
( B) 4 . . . , P- KB4
( 1) ; 5 PxP, BxBP; 6 N- B3! ' N- KR3; 7 B- K2'
O- O; 8 O- O, N- R3; 9 P- QS' P- B4; 10 N- KN5' N' B2
(Pol ugayevski -Bi 1ek, Lugano 196qL
!1
B--Q-2- - (2) 5
KN-K2; P.K4; 6 P-Q5, N-K2; 7 N-N3, P.QB3 :
( 1) 10 PxP . . . ' . . . . . . advant age.
96 (e)
97 (e)
97
G)
124 $)
99 note (e) (B)
99 col . 16
(d) (B)
(e) (B)
100 ( h)
col.24
( 1) l s
1 10 col .33
112 not e ( l )
130 note (f)
136 note (a)
139 col . 93
140 note (d)
142 (i l
$) col .9
( d) l 6
( d) l 9
154 col . 21
note (k)
156 Headi ng
164 note (b)
I
I
P-83(d)
4 . . . , N-R3;
(Franco-Benoni Defence)
Q-K84
. . . , PxB;
7 N. K2
13 BxN!
(r3 O-O?, P-KR4! ) NxB;
Sicilian Defence
-
Dragon Variation
US Open Chp. 1968
427 426
0
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THE BRITISH CHESS MACAZINE
Correction
Nervs from the
British Isles
49th Hastings International Congress - (27th December 1973
-
13th January 1 974). Because
ofthe two Interzonal Tournaments thi s year, acceptances for the Premi er at Hasti ngs have
been rather sl ow. Two U.S.S.R. Grandmasters wi l l be pl ayi ng together wi th Jan Smej kal (Cz.)
Duncan Suttl es
(Canada) and i nvi tati ons have gone to Grandmasters fi om Hungary,
Yugosl avi a and West Germany. Internati onal Masters S.Garci a (Cuba) and L.Rel l stab
(W.Germany) have agreed to pl ay. At the ti me of wri ti ng, the Bri ti sh pl ayers who have
accept ed ar e W. R. Har t st on, R. D. Keene, M. St ean and A. J. Mi l es.
A remi nder that the cl osi ng date for al l entri es i s December l st 1973. Enqui ri es to
L.A.J.Gl yde, Chess Cl ub, 2 Cornwal l i s Terrace, Hasti ngs (Chal l engers and Mai n
tournaments) or W.L.Starl i ng, Cl over, Fyrsway, Fai rl i ght, Hasti ngs (New Year and Thi rd
Week Tournaments).
The Congress wi l l be opened by Si r Ri chard Cl arke, KCB, OBE, Chai rman
' Fri ends
of
Chess' .
The Wales - Ireland Match, held at Newport, Mon., on 15th and 16th September, resulted as
fol l ows:- 1. A.H.Wi l l i ams
t/zth -
H.l l acGri l l enVzVz;2. S.J.Hutchi ngs /z/z
-
J.L.Mol es
1/zt/z;
3.
I.C.Jones /z/z
-
W.Heidenfeld lzVz;4. D.Sully
'/z/z -
E.Keogh Vzlz; 5. LTrcvelyan
th7 -
J.Murray %0; 6. Dr.K.D.Warren /z/z
-
A.Dennehy
t/z/z;
7 . R.G.Tayl or 10
-
G.McCurdy 0l ;
8. S.K.D.Croni ck U/z
-
R.Byrne 1/z; (Fi nal resul t; 8-8
-
Thank you Mi ke Bowers).
The Northumberland Chess Congress, held over the Summer Bank Holiday weekend,
resul ted as fol l ows: (Thank you M.H.S.Whi ti ng).
Open
- (6-round Swi ss, 36 pl ayers) 1. J.F.Turnock 5%; 2. G.K.Rockett 5; 3-5.
E.Matthewson, M.McCarthy, J.Steedman 4/zt etc. Maj or
- (6-round Swi ss, 50 pl ayers) 1.
G.V.Gl over 6; 2-7. W.R.Aynsl ey, S.Carr, A.Hayrood, G.McCal l , T.W.Si mpson, M.Trol an
4Lh; etc. The End-game pri ze went to J.Si mpson and Trophi es for Best Juni or Performances
i n each secti on to E.Matthewson and G.McCal l .
The results of the Ninth Weymouth Summer Congress are: (Thanks Peter Merrett)
Champi onshi p
- (24 entri es) 1. G.H.Bennett 5; 2-5. Dr.J.A.Fi dl er, D.James,
M. Macdonal d- Ross, A. J. St ebbi ngs 4Vz; 6. D. O. Vaughan 4; 7- 9. Dr . J. M. Ai t ken, R. Bur t on,
D.A.Mackenzi e 3Vz: ... Reserves - (24 entri es) 1-2. D.Bruce, G.C.Stevens 5; 3-4.
D.B.Armour, D.A.Munford 4/z; ... Jwri or
- (Under 18) l -2. P.Wi l l i ams,J.L.Whi teman 4/2.
Mi nor
- (Under 14) 1. H.M.Carter 4t/z;2. F.Y.Y' Ial l ace 4.
The Fourth Thanet Congress had a recotd entry, this year, of 101. The Open Swiss was won
by R.A.Parry ahead of 2-3. G.H.Bennett and M.R.Gordeni ; 4-8. B.F.O' Sul l i van, G.Botl ey,
A.Pope, A.E.Hanreck and T.J.Bean; P.Chal l en fi ni shed 9th and col l ected the Thanet Pri ze
for the highest-placed Thanet resident. Major Swiss
- 1-2. W.R.Rayner and T.l.Twner 4t/z;
3-7. M.G.Patterson, P.A.Bal dwi n, M.Dunne, J.C.Bl undel l and R.G.W.El wel l 4; etc. Mi nor
Swl ss
- 1. S.J.Irel and 4/z; 2-5. R.Gates, T.Reene, P.C.Greenwood and A.Maj or 4; etc.
(Thanks
Michael Croft).
Iondon Champl onshi p 1973-1. P.Ti mson; 2-3. J.Century and C.D.ke; 4. L.S.Bl ackstock;
5-7. J.O' Del l , G.Burton and T.Fox; 8. D.LeMoi r; 9. M.Macdonal d-Ross; 10. M.J.Frankl i n.
Obttuary
- We learn with deep regret of the death of Ledy Hoare' OBE, wife of Sir
Frederick, to whom we express our sympathy for this tragic loss. Lady Hoare was the founder
of the Trust for thalidomide and other physically handicapped children.
206 (g)
210 ( a) ( B)
229 col.40
237 note (f)
234 headi ng
244 col .14
253 co1. 4
257 col.24
260 note (j )
261 not e ( k) ( B)
261 ( d) ( A)
col . 7
277 note ff)
280 note (c) (B):
287 note e (B)
300 col s.39/40
317 cols.24/25
11 . . . , QxQ;
12 RxP, R-QNI! - .Al ekhi ne),
6 P-QN3
add: The col umn i s Bi sgui er-Li ttl ewood, Hasti ngs 1961-2.
3 N- QB3, P- QB4; 4 BPxP
9 NxN
change 10 to 10
-
QR- QI R- 81
Change 4 QN- Q2 t o: 4 N- Q2
After' Traj kovi c Det' ence' add: and Queen' s Gambi t, col s. 77-8
(Chi goti n' s Defence)
The number 2, i ndi cati ng the 2nd move, i s mi spl aced. It shoul d
precede P-Q84
but al l ows the Staunton Gambi t Det' erred
- p. 271(hXB)
3 N- QB3
Change Compare next col umn to: compare note (a -
B)
For ( B) 2 . . . , P- K3; 3 P- K4 see . . . . . . . . . .
8 P- QN3
El i mi nate dots after 9 Q-B2
() and el i mi nate the Q-B2 t)
i n col .
40. Add dots between 9 PxBP ..........BPxP
(1) Move al l of col .25 up one move
(2) Eliminate dots after 6
P-K3
(3) Add dots between 6 Q-N3 ... PxP
5 . . . , P- 83 ( 1) 6 Q- N3 . . . . . . . . . . 6 B- K2 i s good.
7 PxBP, ( 1) 7 . . . , N- Ks;
5 . . . , O- O; 6 N- B3, P- K4; 7 BPxP . . .
7 B-K2 (j )
8 ..., PxP and omi t the ()
see col s. 21-24
l 3 . . . , N- N2
Omi t compl etel y
Reti Opening cols. 27-29.
Doubl e Fi anchetto (col s. 37-8)
s P-KN3 (g)
P-K4
10 . . . , PxKP
6 QxBP
see col .10, note (k)
3 . . . , P- QB3
1 N. KB3
3 . . . , P- QN3! ? see col . 24
6 P-N2
4 . . . , O- O
17 K- Ql , PxR( Q) ch;
note (m) (B):
320 note (e):
330 (a)
col . 25
(j) (A)
339 col .64
note (e) (C)
351 note (a) l i ne 2
35s
356 col.3
357 col . 8
col . 9
t)
(2)
359 note (i)
360 heading
362 note (b-B-2)
363 col.38
366 (i)
367 (f) (B) (4)
428
T HE BRI T I SH CHESS MACAZ I NE
Leonard Barden reports
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John Nunn added to hi s i mpressi ve resul ts thi s summer when he
shared the f,60 fi ri t pfi ze wi th former west of Engl and champi on l ,eon Burnett i n the
London chess cl ub' s Bl oomsbury open at Mary ward Centre on 15-16 September. Nunn
(Oxford U.) and Burnett
(Essex U.) scored 4% i n the S-round Swi ss; next came
R. A. Bat chel or , G. H. Bennet t , G. Di ckson, J. A. Johnson, J. A. McDonnel l , St ewar t Reuben, and
R.A.Wal ker al l wi th 4. c.S.Crouch was top j uni or wi th 3vz. An entry of 98 competed for f 155
i n pti zes. Engl and Internati onal s Si mon webb, Andrew whi tel ey and Leonard Barden gave
i nter-round tutori al post-mortem sessi ons.
The London Chess Cl ub had 110 j uni ors aged 9 to 17 at i ts Invi tati on
Tournarnent-curn-coaching event at Mary Ward Centre on 23 September. John Littlewood'
Al an Perki ns. and Davi d and El ai ne Pri tchard wefe among the trai ners, and Bob wade
tal ked to the ol der j uni ors on cl ock troubl e techni ques. Tournament wi nners i ncl uded:
Invi tati on
,A' -
J.S.Speel man
(Mi ddl esex) 3%, P.Li ttl ewood
(Lancs) 3, T' P.D.Chapman
(Surrey), M.Gol dschmi dt (Mddx.), T.R.Hol t (Lancs), P.J.Lee
(Hants) and S.M.Taul but
(wi l tsi z%. Reserves
,A,
D.A.Curnow
(Surrey) 4. Invi tati on' B' Shei l a Jackson
(Lancs) and
M.J.Wal l man
(Mi ddx) 3/2. The next one-day Juni or Invi tati on Tournaments wi l l be on
Sunday 25 November 1973.
Review
429
r HE BRI TI SH CHESS MACAZI NL
But of course shock val ue wears off.
The chi ef meri t of thi s book i s that i t
est abl i shes t he Bi shop' s Openi ng as some-
thi ng more than a curi osi ty whi ch meri ts an
occasi onal out i ng when
' t he
goi ng i s sof t "
The mai n l i ne of the argument must concefn
i tsel f u' i th the Berl i n Defence
(2 ...' N-KB3)'
to whi ch. accordi ngl y, al l but two of the
anal yti cal chapters are devoted' One com-
pl ai nt I have agai nst t he l ay- out i s t hat
Hardi ng never real l y makes i t cl ear whether
he pref' ers 3 N-QB3 or 3 P-Q3' Yet thi s i s a
mi nor qui bbl e, as they both appear to be
fai rl y eff' ecti ve i n vari ati ons i n whi ch they do
not transpose. For the former move a key
chapter i s Chapter 6, whi ch anal yses Bl ack' s
.*"hung. sacri fi ce i n the l i ne I P-K4, P-K4;
2 B- 84, N- KB3; 3 N- QB3' NxP; 4 Q- R5'
N- Q3; 5 B- N3, N- B3; 6 N- NS' P- KN3; 7
Q- B3,
P- 84; 8 Q- Qs, Q- K2.
The cumul at i ve
i mpressi on of many sub-vari ati ons i s that
Bl ack' s compensati on i s not suffrci ent. And
I thi nk that thi s i s so, al though, as Hardi ng
observes,
' both
si des are wal ki ng a ti ghtrope' .
Previ ousl y I had i magi ned that Bl ack coul d
avoi d these compl i cati ons and equal i ze
(at
l east) by pl ayi ng 5 ..' , B-K2 i nstead of 5 ...,
N-B3, but on readi ng thi s book I have l earnt
that thi s i s not the case. For i n the vari ati on
5 . . . , B- K2; 6 N- B3, O' O t he aut hor
oroduces an i nnovati on on move l 4 whi ch i s
an i mportant i mprovement on the previ ous
anal ysi s by Ker es. And i n t he var i at i on 5 ' . . ,
B- K2: 6 N- B3, N- B3; 7 NxP, O- O Bl ack i s bY
no means assured of equal i ty i f Whi te
adopt s Al ekhi ne' s 8 N- QSI ?
$p.
42- 3) .
The whol e book i s very modest i n tone
and enl i vened by a number of gentl y
amusi ng touches. Wi thout any untoward
i nsi st ence f r om t he aut hor some pr essur e f or
Whi te makes i tsel f fel t i n most l i nes'
Perhaps the onl y excepti on to thi s general
trend i s the Pi n Vari ati on
(Chapter 9)'
agai nst u' hi ch nothi ng especi al l y i mpressi ve
emerges tbr Whi te, al though some games by
Larsen begi n to form a pattern whi ch i t may
be profi tabl e to coPY.
The chi ef' defect of the book i s the
excessi ve number of mi spri nts and i ncorrec-
t l y number ed di agr ams
-
t he sor t of
techni cal fai l i ng whi ch often creeps i nto
chess books because responsi bi l i ty for that
si de ofthi ngs has not been cl earl y al l ocated.
Al so the pri ce i s sti ff enough for a l i mp
cover. But consi der the i nsi de of a book
before i ts outsi de. The mai n poi nt i s that thi s
work aspi tes to resusci tate an openi ng that
has l ong been negl ected
(and occasi onal l y
i l l -usedl ); and that a good case i s made out
fbr a revi val of i nterest. I thi nk i t i s Bl ack' s
turn to move ,.. Why, we may even see some
change i n the ovi ne uni formi ty i mposed by
the Spanish Bishop. G.S.Botterill
The Bi shop' s Openi ng, by T.D.Hardi ng.
The Chess Pl ayer, Notti ngham, 1973. Li mp
cover; 116 pages. Pri ce: f,f.58 (US $3.95)
The Bi shop' s Openi ng, i n case you have
forgotten, begi ns 1 P-K4, P-K4; 2 B-B4. As
wel l as l i nes to whi ch onl y the Bi shop' s
Openi ng has ever l ai d cl ai m, thi s book al so
deal s wi th many vari ati ons that woul d more
commonl y be cl assi fi ed under and reached
vi a the Vi enna (e.g. 1 P-K4, P-K4: 2 N-Q83,
N- KB3; 3 B- B4) or t he Ki ng' s Gambi t
Decl i ned
( l P- K4, P- K4: 2 P- KB4, B- B4; 3
N- KB3, P- Q3; 4 N- 83, N- KB3; 5 B- B4) .
Si nce a common factor i n these vari ati ons i s
the pl acement of the KB on QB4, and si nce
thi s post i s al ready avai l abl e at the second
move, the author i s perfectl y j usti fi ed i n
wel di ng together one si ngl e system for Whi te
from thi s materi al . Besi des, as Hardi ng
poi nts out, thg Bi shop' s Openi ng i s very
anci ent, and hence may be granted the ti tl e
by ri ght of seni ori ty.
Most chesspl ayers, reared on a stapl e
and monotonous di et of Ruy Lopez after
Ruy Lopez, wi l l doubt whether a treati se on
the Bi shop' s Openi ng can have an1' thi ng
other than anti quari an i nterest. Certai nl y
the author has succeeded i n hi s decl ared
i ntent of' bri ngi ng hi stori cal pageant to the
wri ti ng of thi s book' . The i ntroductory
chapter on the hi story of the openi ng, the
harvest of much del vi ng i n the Bodl ei an
Li brary, i s superb, qui te the best thi ng of i ts
ki nd that I have seen, and wel l worth
readi ng on i ts own account. For anyone who
adheres to the tempti ng vi ew that the ti tans
of ol d were no more than ti ddl ers l ordi ng i t
over i l l -stocked puddl es (the Ml th of the
Moderns), there may be a source of surpri se
i n the qual i ty of Phi l i dor' s pl ay i n the game
gi ven on pp. 13-15 (i t i s worthy of a Worl d
Champi on), and i n the twenty-fi rst game of
the de l a Bourdonnai s-M' Donnel l match
( pp. 16- 1D, whi ch i s a r ousi ng t ussl e'
But is The Bishop's Opening of anY
i nterest to the seri ous student of openi ng
theory? Or, i ndeed,
(i f thi s i s a di fferent
person) to the man who si mpl y wants to l ay
hi s opponent l ow? Wel l , of course the
el ement of surpri se i s a poi nt i n favour of the
Bi shop' s Openi ng. I was mysel f most
di sagr eeabl y sur pr i sed some year s ago i n a
Students' Ol ympi ad when, havi ng prepared
the Bl ack si de of Keres Vari ati on i n the Ruy
Lopez so thoroughl y that my anal ysi s woul d
carry me through to the end of the fi rst
sessi on i n several l i nes, my East German
opponent si dl ed hi s bi shop out to QB4 at
move 2 (l :0)! Even the mi ghty Larsen does
not di sdai n the shock val ue of thi s openi ng.
Ne*v Books in Brief
(Al l pri ces i ncl ude packi ng and postage, by sudace mai l , to any address i n the worl d)
chess Informant No.15, 1973. Glossy limp cover; 296 pages. Price: !3.20 (Us $8.00)
covering the first six months of 1973 (ftom Hastings 1972-73 to the kningrad Interzonal),
volume 15 contains 68E selected games (in international algebraic notation-with figurines)
with brief notes by means of 25 co"nventional signs. The games are followed by the Index of
Games, the list ofiommentators, the box-tables of the 24 major tournaments held. during the
first half of 1973, the usual chapters on end-games
(36 diagrammed positions) and
combinations
(54 diagrammed positions) with the continuations and notes given separately' a
further list of tournament and match results and finally the official F.I.D.E. section which
gi".r, i"t;. alia, an article by Prof. Arpad E.Elo, Secrelary of the Qualification
Committee of
F.f.n.g., on the applications of the liating System illustrated with an actual example ftom
tournament p'lay, namely the 1972 Brazilian Championship'
Lehrbuch der schachtheorie, by A.Suetin
(in German). Sportverlag, Berlin 1973. Cloth
bound; 568 pages. Pri ce: [2.99 (US $7' 50)
In this new work the well-known Russian theorist, with the collaboration of L'Abramov,
THE BRI TI SH CHESS MACAZI NE THE BRI I I SH CHESS MAGAZI NE 435
bl ack h-pawn as a weakness and creati ng al l
manner of threats.
3) The extra pai r of pi eces gi ves the
posi ti on a rather di fferent character from a
standard rook * 4 vs. rook * 3 endi ng i n
that the attacker natural l y has a greater
vari ety of threats at hi s di sposal .
26 Kn, Kf6; 27 Ra7, h5; 28 h4, Rdl;
As yet there is little to analyze. Black has
pl ayed hi s key move ..., h5 and now pl aces
hi s rook as acti vel y as possi bl e and tri es to
keep the rest of hi s posi ti on consol i dated.
29 Bg2, Rbl; 30 Ra4, Rcl; 31 f4,
Whi te i s not concerned about the weak-
ness whi ch thi s move creates at
94
and the
subsequent bl ockade by Bl ack. The attempt
to obtai n a passed pawn i s rarel y useful i n
such a si tuati on si nce the bl ack ki ng i s qui te
favourably placed to stop it. The only real
chance ofwi nni ng i s by some ki nd of di rect
attack (for example f4-f5-f6 as actually
happens or by a penetrati on through the
potenti al l y weak bl ack squares i n the enemy
game.
3l ..., Rc2; 32 Be4,
32. . . , Rb2; 33 Bd3, Rb7; 34 Ra5, Bg4; 35
Ra2,
Not i mmedi atel y 35 e4, Rb2*; 36 Kgl
( ot her wi se 36. . . , Rg2 or 36. . . , Bh3* and 37
..., Rg2) 36 ..., Rd2 and Bl ack draws easi l y.
35 ..., Re7; 36 e4, Rc7; 37 Ke3, Rcl ;
Not fatal , but i t gi ves Whi te a chance
whi ch coul d have been avoi ded bv 37 .... Rc6
38 Ra6*, Kg7; 39 f5,
Whi te' s obj ect i s achi eved. Now Bl ack
must prevent f' 6* whi ch sets up a cri ppl i ng
bi nd on hi s game and even creates mati ng
threats. If he cannot prevent i t he i s l ost.
39 ..., gxf5; 40 exfS, Rdl ?;
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The l osi ng move; i n spi te of hi s previ ous
errors Bl ack can sti l l hol d the game wi th 40
..., f6. Al though thi s appears to be a
weakeni ng move Bl ack can stand i t because
the enemy pawns are al so weak and
di sj oi nted. After 41 Ra7* (or 41 Kf4, Rc7!)
41 . . . , Kf 8 ( not 41 . . . , Kh6?; 42Rf 7) 42 Kf 4,
Rc3 Whi te can never make any progress.
4l f6+, Kh6; 42 Ra8, Rxdl*;
Thi s i s qui te hopel ess, but the onl y other
possi bi l i ty, the stal emate try 42 ..., Bf5! al so
fai l s: 43 Bx15, Rd3*; 44 Ke4, Re3*; 45
Kd4, Re4*; 46 Kds, Re5* ( or 46 . . . , Rd4*;
47 Kc6, Rc4*; 48 Kd7, Rd4+
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i f 48 ...,
Rc7*;49 Kd8
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49 Kc7
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Not 49 Kc8, Rd8*
- 49 ..., Rc4*; 50 Kd8 and wi ns.) 47 Kd6,
Rxf5; 48 Ke7 and wi ns. If the mai n l i ne 47
. . . , RdS*; 48 Ke7, Re5*; 49 Be6! wi ns.
Other vari ati ons l ead to si mi l ar fi ni shes.
43 Kx&i, Kg6; 44 Rg8*, Kxf6; 45 Rxg4!,
The simplest way. Black may as well
resi gn.
45 ..., hxg4; 46 Ke4, Ke6; 47 Kf4, f5; 4E
Kg5, KeS; 49 h5, Ke4; 50 h6, f4; 51 h7, fxg3;
52 h8(Q),
92;
53
Qa8*, Black resigns.
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Thi s second exampl e shows once agai n the
chances avai l abl e to the stronger si de i n the
presence of an extra pai r of pi eces, and
parti cul arl y i f hi s pi eces are more acti ve,
37 KB, Bf8; 38 Rd7, Bg7;
Once agai n the weaker si de avoi ds the
a.ttempt to exchange whi ch shoul d sui t hi m.
Bl ack may not have wi shed to commi t
hi msel f before the ti me control or he may
have fel t more secure wi th a bi shop guardi ng
hi s bl ack squares and hol di ng back the
whi te f-pawn by hi s threat to the e-pawn. It
turns out however that the whi te bi shop i s a
much better pi ece. After 38 ..., BcS; 39 Bxc5
(or 39 Bd2, Bf8 etc.) 39..., Rxc5 Bl ack draws
fairly comfortably because the white position
i s wi de open and the ki ng exposed to a seri es
of checks.
39 Ke4, Rb8; 40 Bc5,
Both si des are probi ng a l i ttl e, but thi s
procedure i s obvi ousl y safer for Whi te than
for Bl ack! Whi te' s basi c pl an wi l l be Bd4
and
94,
once agai n threateni ng the terri bl e
bind f5-f6, and Black must take active
measures to contest thi s, Such measures may
wel l i nvol ve ...,
95
at some poi nt, maki ng a
thrust at the whi te pawns, rel uctant though
Bl ack may be to l oosen hi s posi ti on i n thi s
way.
40 ..., Rc8;
He had a chance here for the thrust
menti oned above,40 ...,
95.
However, after
41 f5 (41
93,
h4, or 41 fxgS, Rb2; 42 KfS,
,ffi
t-dt
+
A
Rxg2, drawi ng comfortabl y i n both cases) 41
. . . , Rb2; 42f 6, Bh61' 43 Rd8+, Kh7; 44
94
Bl ack i s l osi ng. Ifi nstead 41 .... Il e8; 42 Bd6,
Bxe5; 43 Bxe5, f6; 44 Rd5, fxeS; 45 Rxe5,
Rt8 (otherwise 46 f6 etc) 46
94,
hxg4; 47
hxg4 and Bl ack' s game i s sti l l very di ffi cul t.
Probabl y the best l i ne i s 40 ..., Bf8; 41
Bd4, Rc8; 42
94,
hxg4;43 hxg4, BcS as
suggested i n an earl i er note,
4l Kd5(?),
Whi te i n turn i s i naccurate and by thi s
move he gi ves Bl ack a cl ear drawi ng chance.
Best i s 41 Bd4, l eadi ng to posi ti ons very
si mi l ar to the game conti nuati on.
4l .... Ra8?:
Thi s l oses i n an i nteresti ng an ori gi nal
way. Bl ack can take advantage of a
momentary i nsecuri ty i n the whi te posi ti on
by 41 ..., Bh6; 42 Be3 @2 93,h4)
42 ..., Rc2;
43
94,
Rh2i 44 g5, Bg7
; 45 Rd8+, Kh7 and
Bl ack i s safe.
12 g4t, hxg{;43 hxg4, Ra5;
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Whi te' s pl an becomes cl ear. He wants to
anchor the bi shop at d3 and then pl ay to
attack the enemy pawn mass wi th e4 and f5.
There seems to be no better way to proceed
i n vi ew of the acti vi ty of the bl ack pi eces, e.g.
32 Bb7 (ai mi ng for Ba6-d3) 32 ..., Ra2l i 33
Rb4, Bg4 and White is getting nowhere.
However, the move pl ayed al l ows 32 ..., Rc4
exchanging offrooks, and it-is difficult to see
why Bl ack avoi ds thi s, si nce any endi ng wi th
a single piece each should normally be easier
to hold. Nevertheless Black should still not
l ose.
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By this move he prevents both 44 f5 and
the manoeuvre Be7-f6, whi ch woul d gi ve
Whi te a domi nati ng posi ti on for hi s bi shop
or a very powerful pawn wedge if Black
shoul d exchange. Unfortunatel y for hi m the
removal of the rook from the back rank
al l ows a di fferent wi nni ng l i ne.
44 RdE+, Kh7; 45 g5!,
Burying the bishop alive
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a far more
i mportant consi derati on than the purel y
theoretical drawback that his own majority
i s cri ppl ed for the ti me bei ng.
45 ..., Ra4; 46 Bd4, Ra6; 47 Ke4, Ra4; 48
RbE!,
A ni ce zugzwang move, made possi bl e
onl y by the paral ysi s of Bl ack' s ki ng-si de. If
436 THE BRI TI SH CHESS MACAZI NE
Bl ack now rel eases the pi n by 48 ..., Ra5; 49
e6! wi ns i mmedi atel y (49 ..., fxe6; 50 Rb7 or
49. . . , Bxd4; 50 e7) . I f he t r i es 48. . . , Rc4; 49
Ke3, Rcl (or 49 ..., Ra4; 50 Bc5 fol l owed by
Be7-f6 wi th the ki ng shel teri ng at g4 i f
necessary; once that posi ti on i s set up Bl ack
must ei ther exchange, l eavi ng the wedge at
f6 or keep hi s rook passi ve at a6 i n order to
prevent l oss of materi al after Whi te' s Rb7
and e6. ) 50 Kd2, Rc4; 5l Kd3, Rcl ; 52 Bc3,
Rf1; 53 Ke3, Rc1; 54 Ba5 and the bi shop
reaches f' 6 whatever Bl ack does. There
remai ns the move actual l y pl ayed whi ch
enabl es Whi te to wi n by means of an
exchange sacri fi ce.
48 ..., Bh8; 49 RI8,
Not i mmedi atel y 49 Rxh8*, Kxh8; 50
e6f , Kg8; 51 e7, f5*; 52 exf6 e.p., Kf7 and
the bl ockade draws easi l y.
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1 c7 Apparentl y deci si ve, as 1 ..., Rd2; 2
c8( Q) , Rb2*; 3 Ka5, Ra2*; 4 Kb4, Rb2*; 5
Kc3 wi ns, but Bl ack has a nui sance defence
based on the fact that the whi te ki ng must
nei ther move to the 7th ( ..., Rd7 draws) nor
to the c-fi l e (..., Rdl ). I ..., Rd6*; 2 KbS,
RbS*; 3 Kb4, Rd4*; 4 Kb3, Rdi l *; 5 Kc2.
For the second ti me, seemi ngl y deci si ve, and
i ndeed the end of a rather standard wi nni ng
manoeuvre. 5 ..., Rd4! To meet the queen
promoti on wi th ..., Rc4t; 6 Qxd4 and i t i s
stal emate. A stunni ng defence. Moreover, 6
Kc3 i s met by . . . , Rd1; 7 Kc2, Rd4, a
repeti ti on. How, then, can Whi te wi n? By
the fol l owi ng i ni mi tabl e move, the sol e chess
achi evement ofthe Rev. Fernando Saavedra.
6 c8(R)!! But thi s l eaves the materi al l evel .
Yes, wi th a mati ng threat Ra8. 6 -., Ra4; 7
Kb3! Now, and onl y now, i s i t al l over, as
mate of wi n of the rook cannot both be
stopped.
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C.M.Bent (Engl and)
The Probl emi st, i x.l 972
Ap. l
Draw 4+4
FOR SOLVING!
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The over-the-board
pl ayer can i magi ne that we are l ooki ng at the
concl usi on of a compl ex exchangi ng
sequence, and will see that the white knight
on
97
is under threat of a bishop fork. The
most difficult moves to find, perhaps, are
Black's best first move and White's third,
but five moves is the maximum length, or
may be six (dspsriding on whether one
considers a knight fork as one move or two!).
The composer has been Bri tai n' s l eadi ng
.
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Win 5+4
Whi te' s sl ender materi al pl us woul d
di sappear after t h7?, Re6*; 2 K- , Rh6. So,
I Sg7, Rxh6. The alternative 1 ..., Bf4 is met
by 2 h7, Rh6; 3 Rh5, Rxh5; 4 Sxh5, Be5; 5
Ke3, 6 Sf4 and 7 596. 2 Rc5*, Kd4; 3 Rc4*,
Ke5; 4 Rxc7, Kf6; 5 Se8*, KF/; 6 Rc8.
Looks satisfactory, but the knight is still
vul nerabl e.6..., Re6*;7 Kd1!!, Rg6; 8 Sc7.
Not qui te adequate i s 8 Ra8?, Rc6; 9 Ke2,
Rc2*; 10 Ke3, Rcl ; 11 Ke4, Rc2; 12 Kd5,
Rcl ; 13 d4, Rc2; 14 Sd6+, ed; 15 Kxd6,
Rd2: 16 d5. Rdl . wi th a theoreti cal draw. 8
..., Rc6; 9 Kd2!! Had 7 Kd2? been pl ayed i t
woul d have been a draw after 7 ..., Rg6; 8
Sc7, Rc6; 9 d4, Rc4; 10 d5, Kg6. 9 ..., Rc5. If
9. . . , e6; 10 SbS, and i f 9. . . , Kg6; 10 Sds. f 0
RfE+. A superb composing achievement.
THE BRI TI SH CHESS MAGAZI NE 437
studi es exponent for a number of years, thi s
exampl e bei ng typi cal of hi s attracti ve styl e.
Sol uti on on page 442.
t<
Tournaments and tourneys are both
competi ti ons, but probabl y by mere acci dent
of usage the former rel ates to over-the-board
pl ay, the l atter to composi ti ons. From
announcement date of a tourney to publ i ca-
ti on ofthe award and subsequent confi rma-
tion can be as long as the cycle for the World
Champi onshi p (there i s no anal ogous
composi ng event), three years! Most tour-
neys beat t he name of t he magazi ne or
newspaper that organi ses them (and, bel i eve
me, they do take some organi si ng), but Se.1
won First Prize in a Soviet tourney in
memory of I*oni d Kubbel , who di ed as
Alexei Troitzky, in the siege of Leningrad in
1942.
G.M.Kasparyan (USSR)
1st pri ze, Kubbel Memori al Tourney 1946
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Roycroftts
Studies
byAJ.ROYCROFT
F.I.D.E.Judge
of Endsame Studies
Wi th thi s i ssue, we wel come A.J.Roycroft' s
new Endgame Secti on whi ch wi l l be of
interest, we are certain, to all readers. The
di agram numberi ng i s perhaps not very
ori gi nal ! Here i s the key: Cl : a cl assi c; Ap :
an Appeti ser; Se : somethi ng el se ...
49 ..., Kg7; 50 Rd8, Kh7; 5l Kdil,
See Di agram 6
Now threateni ng 52 Rxh8* etc., si nce the
check at f5 i s avoi ded.
51 .... Ra3*:
Or 51 . . . , BgTi 52 Rd7, Kg8; 53 e6,
Rxd4*; 54 Rxd4, Bxd4; 55 e7 and wi ns.
52 Kc4, Ra4*; 53 Kb5, Ra3; 54 R-f8,
He coul d have pl ayed the wi nni ng l i ne
i mmedi atel y, but no harm i s done by a
coupl e of moves del ay. Noti ce that 54 e6 i s
not so cl ear after 54 ..., Bxd4l 55 e7, Re3: 56
e8(Q), Rxe8; 57 Rxe8, Kg7. Whi te mi ght sti l l
wi n fi om thi s posi ti on but i n certai n cases of
rook * 2 pawns vs. bi shop * 2 pawns on the
same si de of the board i t may be i mpossi bl e
for the rook to break through i f the enemy
pawns are not weakened and more especi al l y
i f hi s own pawn posi ti on i s too ri gi d. Keres' s
met hod i s much mor e convi nci ng.
54 ,.., Kg7; 55 Rc8, Kh7; 56 RI8, Kg7; 57
RxhS!, KxhS;58 e6+, Kg8;59 e7, Ra8; 60
Bf6,
At this point Black resigned, since the
rook i s l ost i n al l vari ati ons, i .e. (a) 60 ...,
Re8; 61 Kc6, Ra8; 62 Kc7l , Kh7 ( 62 . . . ,
Ra7*; 63 Kb8) 63 Bd4!, Kg8; 64 Kd7. (b) 60
. . . , Kh7; 61 Kc6, Ra6*; 62 Kb7, Re6; 63
Kc7, Rel ; 64 Be5. ( c) 60 . . . , Kh7; 61 Kc6,
Re8; 62 Kd7, Ra8; 63 e8(Q), Ra7*; 64 Kd6
and i f 64 ..., Ra6*; 65 Qc6 avoi di ns
stal emate.
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The following game from Moravska-Ostrava
shows how Reti ' s mastery of the mi ddl egame
makes the openi ng system
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whi ch i n these
earl y days normal l y i ncl uded P-QN4
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l ook
l i ke a magi cal reci pe.
Game No.16291
Reti's System
Whi te: Reti
Black: Pokorny
I N-K83, N-KB3;2P-84, P-KN3; 3 P-QN4,
B-N2; 4 B.N2, O-O; 5 P-KN3, P.Q4; 6 PxP,
NxP; 7 BxB, KxB; 8
Q-N3, N-IG3; 9 B-N2,
N.B3; 10 O-O, P-K4; 11 P-Q3, B-N5; 12
QN-Q2, Q-K2;
13 P-N5, N-Ql ; 14
Q-N2,
N-Q2;15
QR.BI,
R-Br; 16 P-KR3, BxN; 17
BxB, P-KB3; 18 R-83, P"N3; 19
Q-R3,
N-84; 20 N-N3, N(1)-K3; 21 NxN, NxN; 22
QxP, Q-Q2;
23 P-QR4, P-84; 24 B-B16,
Q-Qs;
25 R-B4,
Q-Ql ;
26 P-Rs, R-B.2;27
RxN, PxR; 28
QxP(s), Q-83;
29 P-R6,
R(2)-B1; 30 P.R7, Resi gns.
Certainly a middlegame victory, yet
paradoxi cal l y that mi ddl egame woul d not
have ar i sen f r om anot her openi ng.
Chess worl dwi de was now more vi gorous
than i t had ever been, even before the war.
Apart from purely national events there were
tournaments at Kopenhagen (Ni mzowi tsch
8/10 ahead of Sami sch and Tartakower) at
Tri este, where Hans Johner came l st ahead
of Canal , Yates, Tarrasch ... (Thi s
seems to
have been the first international tournament
ever hel d i n Ital y) and at Scheveni ngen i n
Jul y/August. Thi s one gave i ts name to the
sol i d Si ci l i an vari ati on wi th pawns on e6 and
d6
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rather unjustly, for Euwe had already
used the formation at Moravska-Ostrava a
few weeks earlier, and probably earlier still
i n l ocal Dutch events. Scheveni ngen was not
a tournament i n the usual sense but a team
match. Ten Dutch pl ayers, headed by
22-year-old Max Euwe, met a powerful team
of foreign masters. In the ten rounds each
Dutch pl ayer met i n successi on al l the
foreigners. (A similar system was used at
Sotchi in 1970 for the Russian event
grandmasters v. masters.) The home conti n-
gent again seems to have got some useful
practice, for the highest scoring Dutchmen,
Euwe and Speijer with 4/2, scorcd less than
the lowest of the visitors
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Znosko-Borovsky
with 5/2. Johner and Spielmann each scored
by W.H.Cozens
German readers may remember 1923 as
the year when the mark was val ued at ten
thousand mi l l i on to the pound. Cosmol ogi sts
wi l l know i t as the year when Hubbl e pushed
the gal axi es back to three quarters of a
mi l l i on l i ght-years. Soccer fans wi l l recal l i t
as the year when they transferred the Cup
Fi nal to a new amphi theatre at Wembl ey
and two hundred thousand spectators got i n,
fi l l i ng the stands and the pi tch as wel l . But
for chess i t was not a record year; not a
vintage year for great games like 1922; not
the year of a great worl d champi onshi p
match l i ke 1921. Indeed the worl d chamoi on
abst ai ned f r om publ i c chess ent i r el y. as
worl d champi ons are prone to do.
There were two maj or tournaments. At
Karl sbad i n Apri l /May Al ekhi ne shared
fi rst pl ace wi th Bogol yubov and Maroczy.
He defeated them both i ndi vi dual l y but what
cost hi m the undi vi ded pri ze was that
famous defeat by Yates -
a superb game. It
was a real grandmaster tournament, wi th
Gr unf el d, Ret i , Ni mzovi t ch, ' I ei chmann,
Tartakower, Tarrasch and Rubi nstei n i n-
cl uded. A speci al pri ze of 100 crowns was
offered for the player making t'ewest draws;
Spi el mann, who fi ni shed 18th out of 18, won
i t by the si mpl e process of l ci si ng 12 of hi s l 7
games.
The other grandmaster event was i n Jul y
at Moravska-Ostrava i n Czechosl ovaki a -
sl i ghtl y i nferi or i n si ze (14 i nstead of 18) but
not i n strength. From the Karl sbad l i ne-up
Bogol yubov, Grunfel d, Reti , Tartakower,
Tarrasch, Rubi nstei n and Spi el mann were
present. Al ekhi ne, Maroczy and Ni mzovi tch
were mi ssi ng, but i n thei r pl aces were
Selesniev, Euwe and
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to the joy of all except
hi s opponents
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Emanuel Lasker. He had
steadfastly refused invitations to every major
event si nce hi s l oss of the ti tl e two years
before, and in the interval a whole new
phi l osophy of chess had been devel opi ng;
Reti i n parti cul ar had i ntroduced a new
openi ng system wi th devastati ng effect. And
Lasker was 55 years ol d. At Moravska-
Ostrava Reti was i n fi ne fbrm and notched
up 5 draws and 7 wi ns, but i t wasn' t enough.
Lasker scor ed 5 dr aws and 8 wi ns, t o t ake I st
pri ze wi th a score of over 80%.
Now of course there was an outcry for a
return match wi th Capabl anca; not from
Lasker, however, whose atti tude seemed to
be that 27 years on the throne was enouqh.
Ther e uas, of cour se. no syst emal i c choosi ng
of a candi date i n those days; other names
put forward duri ng the year were Marshal l
(who had j ust beaten Edward Lasker for the
U. S.Champi onshi p) the decl i ni ng Rubi nstei n
(whom Capabl anca had never managed to
beat ) and t he up- and- comi ng Al ekhi ne.
August saw a new Bri ti sh Champi on i n Si r
George Thomas, hal fa poi nt ahead ofYates.
Sooner or l ater thi s had to come. He was
over 40 now, and had been runner-up i n the
previ ous two champi onshi ps. Hi s vi ctory i n
Portsmouth was parti cul arl y appropri ate for
i t was hi s home town, some of hi s earl y chess
havi ng been pl ayed at Portsmouth Grammar
School . Chess to Si r George was j ust one
game, not even hi s favouri te. At badrni nton
he had repeatedl y won the Engl i sh Si ngl es,
the Scotti sh Si ngl es, the l ri sh Si ngl es and
countl ess Doubl es champi onshi ps. He
pl ayed for Engl and at l awn tenni s and for
Hampshi re at hockey. At chess he had an
i mpressi ve l i st of fi rsts i n the Ci ty of London
C.C. and the Metropol i tan C.C. champi on-
shi ps and i n vari ous congresses i n the S.E. of
Engl and, as wel l as a 1007o record i n four
i nternati onal team events agai nst Hol l and
and t he U. S. A.
Al ongsi de the Bri ti sh Champi onshi p there
was a Maj or Open i n whi ch Al ekhi ne scored
10%/11, fol l owed by the forei gn conti ngent.
' The
Engl i sh pl ayers' , accordi ng to the
' B.C.M.' , ' got
some very useful practi ce.' In
the si x l i ghtni ng tournaments hel d duri ng
the congress Alekhine scored five firsts and a
second.
By now, five years after the war, there was
a consi derabl e chess acti vi ty i n Engl and.
The1922/23 Hasti ngs Congress saw Rubi n-
stein winning from Reti. Third in the Major
Section, playing chess for the love of it, was
young A.R.B.Thomas. In Apri l there were
actual l y three congresses runni ng con-
currentl y i n Engl and. For the fi rst Bri ti sh
Boys' Champi onshi p (at
Hasti ngs) there
were 24 entrants. They were spl i t i nto four
si xes, from whi ch the four wi nners made uo
a f i nal secl i on, and f r om t hi s emer eed t he
t i r sl Br i t i sh Boy Champi on l 6 year - ol d
P. S.Mi l ner-Barry.
At Margate Grunfel d was excel l i ng
hi msel f by comi ng ahead of Al ekhi ne,
Bogol yubov and Reti , whi l e at Li verpool
S8-year-ol d Mi eses wi th 8/9 was j ust
outpoi nti ng 53-year-ol d Maroczy, wi th
Thomas and Yates shari ng 3rd pri ze. Thi s
ti me the name whi ch catches the eye i n the
Maj or i s that of another youngster, Geral d
Abrahams, who started off wi th three
strai ght wi ns but coul dn' t stay the course.
When Hasti ngs pl ayed a 28-board match
wi th Bri ghton they had a 17-year-ol d gi rl at
bottom board. The name: Vera Menchi k.
How fi ckl e a thi ng i s memory! The record
books tel l us of i mportant thi ngs l i ke Jack
Hobbs hundredth 100, Steve Donoshue' s
t hi r d successi ve Der by. Suzanne Lengl en' s
Itf' th successi ve Wi mbl edon; but we need no
book to remi nd us of the gi rl s al l copyi ng
Suzanne' s hai r bandeau and demurel y
l oweri ng thei r heml i nes back to the ankl e-
length of 7914 after the dizzy heights
reached at the end of the war.
A Mr. Li ttl ewood had an i dea for
redi stri buti ng capi tal by what he cal l ed a
footbal l pool . It pai d a top di vi dend of f,2
and some peopl e thought that i n future i t
mi ght pay even more. Then somebody
started publ i shi ng quai nt puzzl es cal l ed
crosswords; but these, we fel t, woul d be a
ni ne-days-wonder.
And al l the ti me, whi l e we were i nnocentl y
si ngi ng
' Yes,
we have no Bananas' and
watchi ng Rudol f Val enti no as the Shei k and
Lon Cheney as the Hunchback, Reti was
shaki ng the very foundati ons of chess. He
was bewi l deri ng most opposi ti on wi th hi s
.new opening system. Had it been the
i nventi on of some dry theori st who bungl ed
hi s mi ddl egames i t mi ght have taken
another decade to catch on. The truth was
that a grandmaster i n hi s pri me (Reti
was
34) had j ust
di scovered how to create the sort
of mi ddl egame i n whi ch he excel l ed, and the
openi ng was an overni ght success. Before the
end of the year al l but the di ehards were
experi menti ng wi th i t.
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8%/10. Of course thei r opposi ti on was much
weaker that Euwe' s; i n fact Euwe and
Spei j er each had Sonneborn-Berger scores
better than those of the wi nners.
Vi enna at the end of the year saw
Tartakower, now usi ng Reti ' s Openi ng
whenever he fel t l i ke i t, nosi ng hal fa poi nt i n
f'ront of Reti.
The yeat saw some noteworthy publ i ca-
ti ons (apart from a new weekl y j ournal cal l ed
The Radio Times). Sergeant and Watts gave
us Pillsburyts Chess Career, a fine collection
of 233 games; there was the Engl i sh
translation of Reti's Modern Ideas in Chess;
the tournament book of London 1922
appeared, wi th annotati ons by Maroczy.
Problemists had Bohemian Garnets, a
col l ecti on of 500 probl ems by the Czech
composer who worked under the pseudonym
Mi rosl av Havel . A cul ti vated taste i s needed
to appreci ate Havel , whose i nsi stence on
cl assi cal si mpl i ci ty was so severe that he
coul d sel dom i ndul ge i n a sacri fi ce, si nce the
sacri fi ced materi al woul d be a breach of
economy i n the i ni ti al posi ti on; but every
mate i s a perfect pi cture. Other work i n the
same vei n had appeared i n Dedrl e' s
Bohmische Schachminlaturen the previous
year.
One of the most ori gi nal mi nds ever to
touch on chess was that of T.R.Dawson, a
great master of every aspect of the game
except actual l y pl ayi ng i t
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an occupati on
whi ch he regarded as ti me-wasti ng and
poi ntl ess. Hi s work i s found i n some
unexpected pl aces. The subj oi ned 1923
study was given to readers of the Magrar
Sakkvilag.
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If Whi te dawdl es up wi th hi s ki ng the
bl ack rook wi l l take a pawn and break up
the posi ti on. On the other hand i f Whi te
threatens mate ri ght or l eft i t seems that
Bl ack can al ways manage to i nterpose the
rook. The moment of truth comes at move 7.
Thi s l i ttl e puzzl e has become known to
devotees of the study as The Pendul um, and
therei n l i es a broad hi nt to i ts sol uti on:
(see
page 442)
l n 1923 the Bri ti sh publ i c fi rst heard the
broadcast chi mes of Bi g Ben. They al so
heard B.G.Laws tal ki ng about
' The
Art of
the Chess Probl em' - ptobabl y the very fi rst
chess broadcast i n any l anguage. It was a
brave begi nni ng whi ch has not been worthi l y
fol l owed up.
Chess suffered the l oss of two masters i n
Si mon Al api n
( 6b)
and Ceor g Mar co
( 59) .
Both are now better remembered as anal ysts
than as pl ayers, though Marco di d have
some si gni fi cant tournament successes,
especi al l y around 1904. At Cambri dge
Spri ngs, for i nstance, he was ahead of
Schl echter, Chi gori n and Pi l l sbury whi l e at
Coburg he was wi thi n hal f a poi nt of the
wi nner. As an annotator he has sel dom been
surpassed. Under hi s edi torshi p the Wi ener
Schachzeitung became the best magazine of
i ts day.
The bi rthday ofthe year must be February
2nd
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Svetozar Gl i gori c. Fi nal l y a famous
game from Moravska-Ostrava. Rubinstein
demonstrates hi s thesi s that after 1 P-K4,
P-K4 the strongest posi ti onal conti nuati on i s
2 P-KB4. He secures the two bi shops and
bui l ds up to a bl i ndi ng combi nati on. The
queen sacri fi ce at move 25, surel y one ofthe
most startl i ng on record, i s the cul mi nati on
of some marvel l ous geometri cal prepara-
ti ons, notabl y the si mul taneous constructi on
of verti cal and di agonal batteri es by 20
R-B3! 21 B-Nl ! 22 Q-82!.
Game No.16292
King's Qambit Declined
White: Rubinstein
Black: Hromadka
1 P-K4, P-KA; 2 P-KB4, B-B4; 3 N-K83,
P-Q3; a N-B3, N-KB3; 5 B-84, N-83; 6
P-Q3, B-KNS; 7 P-KR3, BxN; 8
QxB,
N-Q5;
9 Q-N3, Q-K2;
10 PxP, PxP; 1l K-Ql , P-B3;
12 P-QR4, R-KNI; 13 R-81, P-KR3; 14
N-K2, O-O-O; 15 NxN, BxN; 16 P-B3,
B-N3; 17 P-R5, B-B2; 18 B-K3, K. Nl ; 19
K-B2, K-Rl; 20 R-83, N.Q4; 2f 8.N1,
N-B5; 22
Q-B2,
B-N1; 23 P-KN3, NxRP; 24
RxP,
Q-Q3;
25
Q-N6,
R-Q2; 26 B-85, RxR;
27 BxQ, R-87*; 28
QxR, NxQ; 29 B-B5,
Black resigns.
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Gorrespondence
We hereby acknowledge all letters received this month and in
parti cul ar from B.Cafferty, N.P.B.Freeman, G.Abrahams,
D.Stevenson, Lt. Jones and F.G.Ri chford. Our thanks to al l .
AJ.Gi l l am, Notti ngham, wri tes
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There are a couple of factual errors in Mr.
Morry' s report on the Bi rmi ngham Interna-
ti onal Tournament i n your June 1973
' B.C.M.'
whi ch need to be poi nted out as
they have wi der i mpl i cati ons. Mr. Morry i s
wrong i n hi s statements as to the category
and norm at Bi rmi ngham. He gi ves the IM
norm as 7 poi nts and the category as 6. In
fact the category was one lower and
therefore the norm was 7Vz, Therefore Miles
j ust made the norm.
It i s i nteresti ng that i n the l ast round
Mi l es pl ayed El ey. The l atter thought he
coul d achi eve the norm by wi nni ng and so
went al l out and l ost. What woul d have
happened had the pl ayers known the norm
was really 7/z?
The reason for the wrong cal cul ati on of
the norm lies in Eley being given as 2375
whereas he must be counted as 2200 as the
figure of 2375 is only a
'B
list' figure. The
origin of the error almost certainly lies with a
wel l -known Yugosl av publ i cati on whi ch
made a smal l error i n quoti ng from the
offi ci al El o Li st as presented to F.I.D.E.
This official list says that the B list is for
information purposes only and is NOT to be
used for the calculation of tournament
categori es and norms. If you mi ss out the
word
'not'
then the sentence is contradictory.
Bi rmi ngham i s at l east the thi rd tourna-
ment this year where the organisers have
been mi sl ead. At Tal l i nn i t was thought that
Pribyl of Czechoslovakia had achieved a
second IM norm and thus qualified for the
title. However he was really half a point
short, One wonders for how many rounds he
was simply playing with his eyes fixed on the
' nor m' ,
The other questi on whi ch ari ses i s
' Why
have a B l i st at al l ?' Its exi stence i s probabl y
due to the di ssati sfacti on of some federa-
ti ons (notabl y the USSR) wi th the A l i st on
the grounds that i ts pl ayers are under-
represented. But who thought out the
i mpl i cati ons of such a B Li st? Cl earl y no-one
real i sed that such a l i st woul d actual l y
prevent some players from participating
i nternati onal l y. For exampl e an Ameri can
recentl y wrote to me aski ng what hi s chances
were of getti ng i nto European events on the
grounds that he had a B Li st rati ng of over
2400. The answer is that this rating actually
reduces hi s chances! He woul d count for
norm purposes as 220O not 2400. Thus if
one, for the purposes of argument, put him
into a tournament instead of another 2200
player then the strength of the tournament
woul d go up but the norm woul d stay the
same. Hence it would be more difficult for
local players to achieve norms and this
woul d hi nder one of the mai n purposes
behi nd tournament nowadays,
F.I.D.E. needs to thi nk agai n. It woul d
also be a good idea if they were to collect
together al l the new ti tl e regul ati ons, publ i sh
them and make sure the stipulations were
much more wi del y known.
ts
H,Goldlng, St. Ives, Cornwall, writes
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... Shortly you will embark on Vol. 94, with
only five more to your Centenary. I feel quite
certain that many of your readers would be
interested in reproductions of 1881 (Volume
1) onwards. Is this a practical proposition
White to play and win
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techni cal l y and woul d i t prove economi cal l y
vi abl e?
Around 1922, as a school boy, I bought
' B.C.M.'
over the counter at a North London
ncwsagent for a few months. Al l I remember
i s a vi vi d pi nk cover paper embel l i shed wi th
a fl ori d (Vi ctori an?) desi gn. I woul d very
much l i ke to see some i ssues of that era; i s
thi s possi bl e, ei ther l oose copi es or bound
vol umes? However , I don' t t hi nk my pocket -
money ran to 5s.7d (28p) a copy; more l i kel y
6d. ! Ti mes have i ndeed chanped . . .
The Editor replies
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Thank you for your ki nd l etter. Loose i ssues
of the
' B.C.M.'
for the peri od you menti on
are l ai rl y scarce and are hel d mai nl y for
readers wi shi ng to compl ete unbound years
i n thei r
' B.C.M.'
col l ecti on. kt us know
your exact needs
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and acceptabl e al terna-
ti ves
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and we shal l do our best! We al so have
bound vol umes of vari ous years but at
present no compl ete run from 1881 onwards,
except fbr the Edi tor' s ...
A repri nt of earl y vol umes of the
' B.C.M.'
i s techni cal l y possi bl e but not frnanci al l y
vi abl e. Taki ng Vol .l for i nstance, the cost of
produci ng thi s 404-page book even as a
l i mi ted edi ti on of 500 copi es woul d be
prohi bi ti ve and the retai l pri ce woul d be i n
the regi on of X6 (
$15). We woul d have to get
300 pre-publ i cati on orders before embark-
i ng i nto such a venture! We wi sh we coul d.
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W.H.Cozens, Il mi nster, Somerset, wri tes
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How accurate Mr. Geo. F.Cooke' s i nform-
ati on on The El ephant Game (BCM Jul y
1973) may be I do not know, but he i s wi l dl y
i naccurate on The Surroundi ng Game, as he
cal l s i t.
He descri bes the Wei -Chi board as 324
squares but the squares i n fact have no
meani ng; they are not chequered. The board
consi sts of36l i ntersecti ons.
(Hence
the 180
count er s each. )
The game bears no resembl ance whatever
to Reversi , whi ch i s an el ementary European
game, now obsol ete. The Wei -Chi stones are
' whi te
on one si de and bl ack on the other' .
Captured pi eces do not change col our but
are si mpl y removed from the board. (The
obj ect of the game bei ng to enci rcl e empty
terri tory i t woul d be absurd to choke up
one' s own terri tory by creati ng extra men of
one' s own col our ) .
Nor does i t bear any resembl ance to chess.
One starts wi th an empty board and
gradual l y ftl l s i t. Wei -Chi i s very much al i ve
today and i s known al l over the worl d by i ts
Japanese name, Go. Here are some facts:
It i s about three ti mes as ol d as chess.
Its pl ayers today number about ten
mi l l i on.
It can be l earnt i n ten mi nutes.
It i s rapi dl y i nvadi ng Ameri ca and
Europe; even the Bri ti sh Go Journal has a
ci rcul ati on of 600. Japanese books on the
game are now appeari ng i n Engl i sh.
Emanuel Lasker, Worl d Chess Champi on
tbr a quarter of a century ranked Chess as
second to Go as a game of ski l l .
Edward Lasker wrote a book on the game
i n 1934 and i t was re-publ i shed by Dover
Books i n 1960.
Move-by-move tacti cs ar as subtl e as
chess, and the 19x19 board gi ves scope for
strategy on a grandi ose scal e.
You not onl y wi n or l ose; you do i t by a
defi ni te margi n.
You can' t pl ay for a draw!
The next Bri ti sh Go Champi onshi p
Congress i s ftxed for Readi ng, Easter 1974.
Why are we wasti ng our ti me pl ayi ng Chess?
TIIE FRIENDS OF CIIESS
bv the Chairman. Sir Richard Clarke
constructi vel y. We have been parti cul arl y
keen i n thi s to work by suppl ementi ng the
acti vi ti es ofthe Bri ti sh Chess Federati on and
al l the other i nsti tuti ons, rather than by
tryi ng to set oursel ves up as a new chess
organi sati on competi ng wi th al l the other
organi sati ons. We have tri ed to thi nk of our
contri buti on not as somethi ng to be attri bu-
ted to the Fri ends of Chess but i n terms of
the total Bri ti sh i nternati onal chess effort.
The experi ence that we have gai ned i n the
tbur years has l ed us cl earl y and defi ni tel y to
the concl usi on that the onl y sound route to
eft' ecti ve Bri ti sh i nternati onal chess i s to
create an envi ronment i n whi ch i t i s possi bl e
for tal ented young pl ayers, at the ti me when
they come to deci de what to do wi th thei r
l i ves, to deci de to devote a l arge part ofthei r
l i fe and work and efl brt to chess. Unl ess
there i s some practi cal possi bi l i ty of maki ng
a l i vi ng or part of a l i vi ng from chess, they
wi l l not be abl e to do thi s; and i t i s the
provi si on of thi s envi ronment that we thi nk
i s the real l y i mportant thi ng. Thi s i s the
obj ecti ve to whi ch the Fri ends are tryi ng to
contri bute.
We need more members
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and more Patrons
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to enabl e us to devel op
thi s effort. We do not i ntend to become a
mass-organi sati on, for thi s woul d i nvol ve us
i n too much admi ni strati ve cost. and above
al l i n admi ni strati ve effort; and i t woul d l ead
us i nto competi ti on wi th other organi sati ons:
i t woul d al so mean that the peopl e who run
the Fri ends woul d be spendi ng thei r ti me i n
thi nki ng how to get members i nstead of i n
thi nki ng how to get fi nanci al supporters and
how to make the most effective use of our
resources. But of course we must have
i ncome, and the more our i ncome the better
use we can make of i t. The cost of chess
suffers from inflation like everything else,
and the purchasi ng power of our present
subscri pti ons
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the mi ni mum of !5 for
Friends and f,20 for Patrons
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is only
three-quarters of what i t was when these
were fi xed. So we shal l thi s autumn conduct
a campai gn, wi th the obj ecti ve of i ncreasi ng
the number of Fri ends and Patrons by about
25% : i f we can persuade them to subscri be
by Bankers' Order, thi s gi ves us an extra
di mensi on of stabi l i ty and abi l i ty to engage
our funds ahead: i fwe can pefsuade them to
pay more than our mi ni mum subscri pti ons,
Solution to Ap.l (Roycroft's Studies) -
1 Se6+ (Bxd5?, Bf6+) f ..., Kb8. Bl ack
pl ans to recover hi s pi ece by checki ng wi th
hi s bi shop and then pl ayi ng hi s rook to d8.
The ki ng therefore avoi ds the d-fi |e, the
d8-a5 di agonal , and squares subj ect to
bi shop checks (b7, c8) or kni ght forks (c6, i n
kni ght-fork rel ati on to g8). 2 Sxf8, Ba5*. 2
.... Bf6+ woul d oermi t the counter-attack
Sh7. 3 Kc4, Rd8; 4 596, RxgE; 5 Se7,
tri umphi ng agai nst al l the odds wi th a fork
after al l .
Solution to
'The
Pendulqll' - I R-QR4!
( Not 1 R- KR4?, K- Bl ; 2 R- QR4, K- Nl ! ) 1
..., K-Kl ; 2 R-KR4, R-K4*; 3 K-Q2!,
K- Qr ; 4 R- QR4, R- Q4* ; 5 K. K3, K- Kl ; 6
R-KR4, R-K4*; 7 K-Q4, wi nni ng the rook.
The Fri ends of Chess has now compl eted
i ts fourth year of operati on, and there was a
very sati sfactory annual general meeti ng i n
the course of the Eastbourne Congress.
Taki ng stock of our acti vi ti es over four
years, al l of us who started the Fri ends i n
1969 bel i eve that i t has been a success and
has been wel l worth doi ng; and i t can cl earl y
do more.
The detai l of what we have done i s set out
i n my annual report for the twel ve months to
30tb June, whi ch was approved by the
members at Eastbourne, and whi ch i s
ci rcul ated as part of our new brochure,
i ssued wi t h t hi s mont h' s
' B. C. M. ' .
I n t hi s
arti cl e, I wi l l emphasi se some of the wi der
consi derati ons i n our work, and how I see i t
fi tti ng i n to the Bri ti sh worl d of chess.
Certai nl y over the l ast few years there has
been a huge expansi on i n the Bri ti sh
i nternati onal chess effort. In the l ast few
months, we have had the European Team
Tournament at Bath, the Worl d Juni or at
Teessi de: we now have an annual grand-
master tournament at Hasti ngs, and a
number of smal l er but very rel evant
i nternati onal events, l i ke Bi rmi ngham,
Isl i ngton, Wool acombe: next year the Worl d
Students Team Tournament at Teessi de.
Wi th thi s i s associ ated a maj or i mprovement
i n the Bri ti sh petformance, wi th our young
pl ayers movi ng forward to i nternati onal
ti tl es, and our teams showi ng great achi eve-
ment i n depth. The probl em of sel ecti on i s
becomi ng very di ffi cul t. If one compares al l
thi s wi th the posi ti on i n the 1960' s or the
1950' s, i t i s a revol uti on.
Why thi s has happened i s not easy to say.
In my opi ni on, the tremendous efforts put i n
Bri ti sh j uni or chess ever si nce the end ofthe
war have made the most i mportant si ngl e
factor, the appearance ofthousands of keen
pl ayers, and wi th them a market for the
game. I thi nk the Fri ends have hel ped; for
we have obtai ned fi nanci al resources and
won financial support, and have been able to
channel thi s i n our opi ni on effecti vel y and
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No.3371
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W.Randall. As to the record,
we have seen no advance on this one. Jack
Battell, formerly well known in American
chess circles and the conductor of the
correspondence play section of Chess
Review, reported that one player, Robert
Wyler of Glendale, California, had 1000
correspondence going at one time.
No.3372.
-
Tom Eccles. Yes, one of the
few errors in that very fine Dictionnaire
des Echecs (Le
Lionnais and Maget). The
BArulEv"' t:y.!f:: Bracktoprav
;'G; R"ilfi;il;;;
-ryqe]'Y -
445
andat l east t omai nt ai nt her eal val ueof t he
and t hei r cl ubs coul d sol ve our pr obl em
subscription, this helps more again. I would several times over. And that woultl really
ask readers of thi s month' s' B.c.M.' to start enabl e us to get ahead for the next four
right now; for indeed this group of readers years.
One Hundred Years Ago
by R.N.Col es
Duri ng the Bri stol Congress ofthe Counti es' Chess Associ ati on i n
August the opportunity was taken of arranging a match for the best of
fi ve games between Wi sker, the Bri ti sh Champi on, and Macdonnel l ,
which was decisively won by the latter 3-0 with one draw. The followine
i s the score of the openi ng game of the match, whi ch Wi sker mi ehi
possi bl y j ust have sal vaged wi th 32 ..., P-N6.
GameNo.16293 Ruyl opez
White: Macdonnell Black: Wlsker
1.P-K4
2.N-KB3
3.8-N5
4.8-R4
s.P-Q4
6.P-K5
7.O-O
8.P-83
9.NxP
l0.PxN
1r.Q-Qs
12.8-84
r3.B-82
l4.QR-Qr
l s.Q.Q3
16.N-Q4
l7.KR-KI
lE.PxN
19.8-R6
20.Q-KN3
2l.B-N1
22.R-Q3
23.BxR
24.P-K6
25.B-82
26.RxB!
27.RxR
28.Q-K3
29.BxB
30.K-Br
R-N3
NxN
P.Q4
R-KI
R-QB3
R-86
RxR
P-QB4
P.B5
BxP
B-81
QxR
Q.N4
KxB
P-R5
P-K4
N-QB3
P-QR3
N.B3
PxP
N-K5
B-K2
PxP
NxN
o-o
R-N1
P-QN4
P-QR4
P.N5
P-N3
3r.Q.K2
Q-83
32.Q-Q2 P-B6
33.Q-K2
Q-Bs
34.BxP
Q*QP
3s.B-N3
Q-B4
36.Q-Q3 P-Qs
37.K-K2
Q-K4+
38.K-Q1
Q-Bs
39.K-Kl K-K2
40.P-N3
Q-K4+
41.K-Q1 P-84
42.P.KR4 P-Bs
43.P-N4 K-83
44.Q-84 Resigns
No.3373. Tom Jefheys.
'A
long
diagonal of men' is not very unusual.
Here's a brief encounter, played at the
Hastings
'Challengers'
1964-5, which we
take from the winner's recent book. Chess
for the Love o[ it. The opening is the
Sicilian Defence.
Game No.16294
A.R.B.Thomas v. MJ.B.Basman
'm{/ffi,t
Quotes
Gl
Queries
byDJ.MORGAN
' Brynhyfryd' ,
Buarth Road,
Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire, SY23 1NB
No.3370
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T.webster. The helpmate is surely known in over-the-board
play! Here's a little position we saw in
Schach-Echo. Black played | ..., P-K7??;
then came 2
e-Nri, k-ez;
j
O-sr+,
t*""rT[:ffJ"n
K-Q6; 4
Q-B3 mate.
KR-QI+, BxR; 16 RxB*, K-B1; 17 P-87) 15 K-N2, K-Bt; 16 i<n-ef,
P.N4; 17 R-Q8+, resigns.
T} I E BRI TI SH CHESS MACAZI NE
No.3374. O.R.Owen
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As you wish to have
'a 'hunt
up' on old Chess
Clocks'. here are two or three references from one of our old scrapbooks.
Illustrated London News, 10 August 1861: reference to Anderssen v.
Kolisch match, the first occasion in which each player was allowed two
hours for 24 moves, (as against the older limit of time per move) the time
being controlled by hour glasses'
B.C.M., 1883, p.179: on the London Internati onal Tournament, thus
-' the
players in the major tourney were roped off and provided with clocks on a
new pri nci pl e, i nvented by Mr. T.B.Wi l son of Manchester, whi ch save
trouble and cannot well go wrong'.
Chess Monthly, May 1883: on the working of the Wilson mechanism.
Chambers'Journal, January 1886, p.80: has a full description of how the
Frisch and Schierwater
(of Liverpool) clock worked. See also B.C.M. of
that year.
See al so B.C.M. 1935 page 178 and page 319 of the same year.
No.3375
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L.R.Ellis Have you these two sayings on your list?
'Never
try to checkmate your opponent, but try to win the game
(R.H.F.Fenton. 1837-1 916).
'The
tactical master may or may not develop into a great player' the
positional one always does'
(Golombek).
No.3376
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Arthur Old. Leo Forgacs and Leo Fleischmann were the same
person
(1881-1930), the Hungari an master who made hi s i nternati onal
debut at ostend 1906. Perhaps his best performance was at Nurenburg in
the same year when he tied with schlechter for third place, after Marshall
and Duras.
No.3377
-J.Bright. It was in March 1929, at the Manhattan Chess Club,
New York, that Alekhine played three games simultaneously, with allies
consulting against him at each board. And the allies are worth noting! He,
as Black, won against A.Kevitz and A.Pinkus, lost, as White,
?gailst
L.B.Meyer and L.Samuels, and as White again, won the following Q.G.D.
game.
Game No.16295 Alekhine v. I.Kashdan and H.Steiner
1P-Q4, P-Q4;2 P-QB
'
P-K3; 3 N.KB3' P-QB3; 4 N'83' P{; 5 P-'QR1'
B-Nt 6
p-K3,P-QN4;7
B-Q2,
Q-N3;
8 N-K5, N-Q2; 9 PxP, NxN;10 PxN,
PxP; 11N-K4, B-K2;12
Q-N4,
K.Bl ; 13
Q-84'
P-QR4; 14 B' K2' B' N2;
15 O-O, P-R4; 16 N-N5, BxN; 17
QxB,
R-KR3; 18 P'K4' P'KRS; 19 RxP'
P-83; 20 PxP, NxP; 2l
QxQNP'
resigns.
No.3378
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Tailpiece. Chess, like love, is a conflict between reflexes and
reflections.
Thank you Paul H.Little, Chicago. It's grand to hear from you again; all
success with your novel. Corrections noted'
Wanted. Information on N.T.Miniati
(b. 1863) and of sources for the
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scores of his match-games against Lasker at Manchester, March 1890.
Likewise, for scores of Lasker v. Englisch, 1890'
Problem World
byJ.M.RICE
9 Manor Crescent,
Surbiton, Surrey KT5 8LG
BCM Cornposing Tourneys 1972: Award in two-move section
(by A.R.Gooderson)
The probl ems were of a hi gh standard; al l of them I found i nteresti ng, and none coul d be
di scardi d outofhand. The award was made from numbered di agrams, so that i n onl y a few
i nstances
(and none i n the case of the pri zewi nners) di d I know the i denti ty of the composer.
l st pri ze: no. 10400, by C.G' S.Narayanan and T' s.Kri shnamurthy. Changed mates after
fbur bl ack i nterferences i s not a new achi evement, but thi s i s an excel l ent exampl e, I rate i t
hi ghl y for i ts vi rtues ofcl ari ty, economy and el egance. The set pl ay i s admi rabl y promi nent;
al i the pi eces are wel l used i n both phases of pl ay (Be8 needed to prevent dual s i n themati c
l i nes provi des two extra vari ati ons, and even Pd2, needed to gi ve a set mate and i mmobi l i sed
by the key sti l l has a necessary functi on to perl brm); and the open setti ng i s most attracti ve.
Onl y a master hand coul d make a di tfi cul t task l ook so si mpl e.
2nd pri ze ex aequo: nos. 10383
(by P.ten Cate) and 10419 (by M.R.Vukcevi ch. Both these
probl ems show squarevacati on tri es and key wi th duel s between the whi te pi ece and a si ngl e
bl ack one.
10383: I dR at random? threatens 2 Sd6, but the defences by moves ofthe pawns d7 and c5
i ndi cate that a doubl e threat wi l l be necessary. Thete are l i ve squares on whi ch the wR can
achi eve thi s, e6, c6, f6, d5 and the key square d3. The four tri es menti oned are defeated by
the four moves ofthe Pd7, wi th ni ce vari ety i n the strategy by whi ch the doubl e threats are
defeated. That two of the defences are by capture of the try pi ece i s no drawback here, and
there are good addi ti onal features: after 1 Rxc6?, 1 ..., c4 defeats both threats but l ets i n 2
Rxc4, and si mi l arl y after 1 Rd5? 1 ..., cxd5 stops al l three threats but al l ows 2 Bxd5. A
fasci nati ng and di ffi cul t task; the varyi ng second threats detract somewhat from the uni ty.
10419: 1 dB at random? al l ows 2 Sd6, whi ch i s stopped by I ...' dB at random! Apart from 1
Bxh2?
(obvi ousl y defeated) Whi te has si x possi bl e squares to whi ch to pl ay hi s B, b8, c7' c5,
e5,
93
and the key square 14. The fi ve tri es are defeated by the bl ack B pl ayi ng to the same
rank or fi l e as hi s counterpatt, and i n each case Whi te has l ost a set mate. A cl ear-cut and
l si pr i ze, BCM 1972
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beauti ful l y uni fi ed scheme. The somewhat extensi ve pl uggi ng seems qui te unavoi dabl e, and
the dual s after I ..., gxf4 and I ..., h5, though techni cal l y' maj or' , are avery mi nor bl emi sh.
lst honourable mention: no. 10438, by C.Mansfield. The question whether to play I
Rdxc6?, gi vi ng a second fl i ght (d3), or I Rcxc6! (al l owi ng 1 ..., Kf5) i s el egantl y posed. The
two possible batteries provide different mates for the set flight, mates when the black K takes
the second fl i ght, and swi tchbacks after the rel ated defences I ..., Qd8 and 1 ..., QaS.
Excel l ent constructi on.
(To be conti nued)
Solutions to June problems
10558 (Casoni ). 1 Qh2 Q Qf2).
' Good
combi nati on of battery-pl ay and hal f-pi n, wi th the
bl ack R becomi ng essenti al l y pi nned i n several vari ati ons' (J.Dri ver). 10559 (Seetharaman).
I
Qal ?, Se6! 1 Qg4!
(2
Qxd4)' Wel l constructed exampl e of changed repl i es to random and two
correcti on moves
- good use of whi te Q l i nes to avoi d dual s' (J.D.). 10560 (Shi re). 1 Sge6.
' Three
bl ack hal f-pi ns, wi th a correcti on (1 ..., Sd6) for good measure. Checks,
pawn-captures and l i ne-openi ng neatl y used to force accuracy' (J.D.). 10561 (Pi atesi ). 1 Rxc4
(2 Rcs), Qd7/Qe2/Qxd4/Kxc4;2 Sc3*/Sf4*/Rxd4*/b3*. 10562 (Ki gi ni n).
1 Qxd3
(2
Qc3*, Kxf4; 3 Qe3*), cxd3; 2 Sxd3*, exd3; 3 Rfs+. 1 ..., c3l .2 Qd4*, Kxd4; 3 Sbc6*.
10563 (Rai ns). 1 Rb6, Qxb8*/Qxb7/Qa1/Bxb7; 2 Sd6/d6/Rd6/Bd6. Four sel f-bl ocks
cl everl y separated. Cook: I Sh8. Composer adds bl ack P h7. 10564 (Morse). 1 Rg4; 2 Rh2; 5
Kh3; 7 Rh6; 9 Kh5; 1 1 Rg4; 15 Kgl ; 16 Rh2; 19 h3; 24 Re2; 33 Ka8, Bd5.
' Fi ne
adaptati on
of Zel l er' s tourney probl ems III and IV from the March BCM, p.142' (D.Ni xon). 10565
(Mul l er). 1 Qg7, Kc5; 2 Qd7, Nxel . 1 ..., Kd5; 2 Qb4, Nxh7. In the fi rst l i ne the N b6 i s
pi nned by the B h8 and the N d3 by the N el , whi l e i n the second l i ne the N b6 i s pi nned from
h7 and the N d3 from d2. Good use is made of the cylinder, but the key is poor.
Origlnal problems 10594 - 10601
Judges: two-movers, l ,ats Larsen; fai ri es: D.Ni xon
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